Flos apidanus
Species of butterfly
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Flos apidanus, the plain plushblue,[1] is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777.[2]
| Plain plushblue | |
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| From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Flos |
| Species: | F. apidanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Flos apidanus (Cramer, [1777]) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Subspecies
- F. a. apidanus Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Tanahdjampea, Tambora
- F. a. ahamus Doherty, 1891 Assam, central Myanmar, southern Myanmar, Mergui, Thailand, Langkawi
- F. a. saturatus (Snellen, 1890) Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo, Belitung
- F. a. xisuthrus (Fruhstorfer, 1914) Nias
- F. a. arahat (Fruhstorfer, 1914) Bawean
- F. a. phalakron (Fruhstorfer, 1914) Northeast Sumatra
- F. a. himna (Fruhstorfer, 1914) Philippines (Mindanao)
- F. a. palawanus (Staudinger, 1889) Palawan, Sulawesi
F. a. palawanus
Range in India
Status
In 1932, William Harry Evans reported that the species was rare.[1]